AAP district chief joins Congress

Jalandhar: In a setback for AAP, its Jalandhar district head Babbu Neelkanth on Thursday joined the Congress in the presence of CM Capt Amarinder Singh and former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.Neelkanth was with the Congress before joining AAP. His brother Gurvinder Pal Singh Bunty Neelakanth is a Congress councillor.He was the only AAP member from Jalandhar to have attended the party’s meeting with Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia recently.He blamed AAP Doaba zone president Paramjit Singh Sachdeva for his exit. “He interfered in every constituency which prevented the smooth conduct of operations,” he alleged.